Cheesehead
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John from Scottsdale, AZ
As Justin from LA and II pointed out, there are no mulligans in NFL field prep. Kudos to the Lambeau (and all other) stadium crews and groundskeepers for keeping the field in top-shelf condition for these elite athletes to showcase their talents without undue concern for injuries. It’s not a part-time job.
Any team that doesn’t invest the proper resources to care for its field puts its most significant financial investments, the highest-paid players, at risk.
Hansen from Waukesha, WI
Playing the AFC West team this year made me had me thinking about past match ups with them. Among them, why did the Packers play the Raiders in Green Bay in both 2007 and 2011, and conversely, why did the Packers play the Chiefs in Kansas City in both 2007 and 2011? Why didn't they alternate home stadiums?
I don’t know the reason, but the NFL switched up the AFC West pairs in the scheduling formula somewhere between ’07 and ’11. Chiefs-Broncos and Raiders-Chargers had been the pairings, as far as home/away rotations with NFC matchups, then they switched to Raiders-Broncos and Chiefs-Chargers.
Travis from Superior, WI
Wow, the 2019 preseason power rankings guy really set the world on fire. He ordered the top 11 teams in the exact same order as they finished the playoffs last year. But, wait for it, replaced the Texans with the Steelers to round out the top 12. Is this season going to play out exactly the same as last season?
History says that’s highly unlikely. We went over the numbers a couple of weeks ago, didn’t we?
Nate from Plymouth, MN
I was watching the Oakland game highlights and late in the fourth quarter, Peterman threw a ball into the "end zone" that was tipped and intercepted by one of our linebackers (I think his jersey said Sheldon). However, when I looked at the final team stats on NFL game center, it said the Packers had thrown one interception as a team and the Raiders had thrown zero. How can that be? Was there a penalty that nullified the pick? I think the play might've been a two-point attempt, if that's important.
That’s exactly what it was. The only stats that count on two-point plays are whether the points are scored or not. Run attempts, pass attempts, yardage, interceptions, etc., don’t exist. Even if a defender intercepts a pass and runs it all the way back for two points for his own team, which has happened, it doesn’t count as an interception for the defender or the QB.
Dan from Twin Lakes, WI
Regarding waivers, Wes said, "If you claim a player, a corresponding move must be made at that time." Does this mean you must clear a spot to even make a claim or does it mean you must clear a spot if you're awarded the claim?
You must clear a spot if you’re awarded the claim.
Darren from Alice Springs, Australia
After final cut-downs, if a player from another team is claimed off waivers, does the 53rd player to make the initial Packers roster go through a later waiver process? If so, seems like a confusing domino effect.
When the initial waiver period ends around mid-day on Sunday and all claims are awarded, new players then made available are on waivers for the regular 24-hour period for teams to make claims.
Ryan from Elmhurst, IL
The Packers are 12th in waiver claim order due to their draft order. How does waiver order work for teams that do not have a first-round pick, or trade to a different pick within the first round?
It’s whatever pick they would have had, if they’d never traded out of the spot. New Orleans is 30th in the waiver claim order, even though the Packers went into the draft with that pick from the previous year’s trade.
Will from Mechanicsville, VA
Hey there, we've talked about getting rid of kickoffs, my only question is what happens to the onside kick? Does it just go poof?
We’ve discussed before, at great length, why that’s probably the biggest holdup to getting rid of the kickoff altogether. There needs to be a mechanism for a team that just scored to keep the ball in a comeback attempt, and in my opinion, there’s no easy answer. A one-shot, fourth-down solution could become a farce due to ticky-tack penalty flags, and the current kickoff rules have made onside kicks a less than 10 percent proposition anyway.
Drew from Croton-on-Hudson, NY
If most kickoffs are eliminated, wouldn’t the ones to keep be in the last two minutes of the half and game, to allow for onside kicks and Music City Miracles (going back to old run-up rules)?
That would be one possible solution worth considering.
Rick from Boyd, WI
One topic I haven’t seen discussed when talking about eliminating punts/kickoffs is how it affects those players that make the team based on their special-teams play. Seems to me that some talented guys, who wouldn’t make the team otherwise, would lose out on their dream of playing in the NFL.
Or better offensive/defensive players without the special-teams prowess would be kept on rosters for added depth because special teams would lose some impact without kickoffs. It would be just a different set of dreamers who make it instead.
Bruce from Bloomington, IN
I think our roster is a little deeper in talent on the back end than the past couple years and I think that's due to a subtle shift in strategy at the top. Gute is more willing to bring in guys that have been on other teams than TT. Under TT, we typically led the league in a roster stocked with "homegrown talent." Now, we're more open to churning through some players we don't know as much about at the beginning. Over/under, how many players not currently on the roster make our initial 53? Two?
Probably a good guess. But I’m glad you said “subtle shift” because I don’t think it should be overstated. When Thompson first took over a non-playoff team, he was constantly churning the middle to bottom of the roster. He was higher in the waiver claim order and claimed guys like Jarrett Bush, Charlie Peprah and John Kuhn, and traded for Ryan Grant, his first few years. Then he had a team that made eight straight playoff appearances and, with less chance of getting quality waiver claims, homegrown development was keeping the team in the mix every year. You play the hand you’re dealt as best you can.